Carrie Fisher and I go way back.
And not because I was a fan of Star Wars. When my parents took me to see the film, I clearly remember bringing along my paperback copy of Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret and a pen light.
But we all have a favorite novel that we return to every other year [...]
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Spotlight, Please- Finally, A New Carrie on Broadway
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The Week That Was (Last Week) – Michelle Obama hearts the Arts
So the Nemitz-Madelung family came down with a virus and my intent to write a timely post in the era of “Twitter-speed” news bits has, alas, become yesterday’s news. But I’ll post it anyway!
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Last week was quite a week for theatre-lovers. It’s not a coincidence that every female acting award in the 2009 Emmy Awards was [...]
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Shrek’s Princess For A Day
Last night, I knew this blogsite was meant to be when my husband and I ventured to Manhattan to take Lucy to see Shrek: The Musical at the Broadway Theatre because it happened to be the perfect performance for me to see. Saturday night’s show was the debut of two talented girls who were contest [...]
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The Women of Next To Normal
Alice Ripley as Diana Goodman and Jennifer Damiano as Natalie Goodman
in the Broadway production of Next To Normal
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The truth is I didn’t run to the box office to see this new, original Broadway musical. I lumbered. Slowly. From New Jersey.
It took a while.
Over the past year or so, I’d read a fair amount about the show’s Second [...]
Stage-Mama's Boys
Stage-Mama’s Boys – Jesse Tyler Ferguson
So my very own “Leaf Coneybear” friended me on Facebook!! In the late ’70s, ”W” (so we’ll call him) was a cutie pie of a little boy who collected Troll dolls and brought them to school in paper bags. He was the boy who hung with the girls on the blacktop, got hit in the head with the tetherball [...]
The Mama Rose Files
Back-To-School Picks
So that kid of yours has just gotta be the next Billy Elliot on Broadway or maybe your adorable Mackensee wants to be the next Little Cosette at your local theatre group? The Mama Rose Files will help you be the best Stage-Mama you can be.
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I’m in back-to-school mode and I thought this would be [...]
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You’re A Stage-Mama If…
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Due to your relentless conditioning, your partner is actually excited to see a Broadway musical, thanks to Julie Taymor’s upcoming Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark.
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You find yourself near tears of excitement (post-natal, pre-menstrual or otherwise) awaiting the arrival of Glee(Fox, September 9th @ 9:00pm EST) not just because you are a total Gleek, but because you’ve seen Matthew [...]
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Curtain Up, People!
So here we are at last. It’s like a dream!
It’s time to launch this website in the manner befitting a worthy contributor to the cyber-blogosphere. Or something close to that.
I’ve been a part of the world of theatre since I was a zygote. My parents were co-starring in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying [...]
